FREE - Time Machine: The James Webb Space Telescope

Launched on Christmas morning 2021, and after a 1-million-mile journey and a six-month commissioning process, the Webb Telescope began full operations in the Summer of 2022. The telescope has provided amazing insights and upended the accepted models of the early universe. This lecture will review the JWST, its capabilities, most recent observations and what lies ahead for the flagship space telescope.

Christopher Mick is the education and outreach director for the STEAM educational nonprofit, Space St. Croix. Space St. Croix’s mission, Connecting Kids to the Cosmos, brings Space-themed STEAM programming and teacher support materials to all Hudson, Wisconsin area public, private, and home school students.

Mick is a NASA Solar System Ambassador, Space Station Ambassador with the ISS National Lab, member of the NASA Museum and Informal Education Alliance, and an Aerospace Education Member with the Civil Air Patrol.  He is a blogger for the Space Science Institute, through their StarNet Library website, and recently served on the Education Advisory Board for Infiniscope (2019). He was named an International Teacher Liaison in 2022 by the Space Foundation, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was a judge for the National Space Society’s, Space Settlement Contest and the NASA Space Apps Challenge – Brescia, Italy. He lives and works in Hudson, Wisconsin.

The Fifty and Better (FAB) program was designed for people 50 and older seeking intellectual stimulation through university level courses (without the pressure of grades) for the sake of learning and social engagement.

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Register by Aug. 2 at 3 p.m.